There are a million ways to distract ourselves from our purpose. We can even distract ourselves with preparation. We can study, research, think, talk, and listen our way out of the action we know deep down that we need to take. It is easy to tell when we are doing this, but that does not…
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Out Of Control
No matter how hard we try, we cannot control every aspect of every circumstance we find ourselves in. How we deal with this lack of control will largely determine how happy we are from day to day. The fact is that most of what happens in our lives is out of our hands. We cannot…
Plans Change
Plans are meant to change. They are just an outline. The details are filled in by life’s circumstances. We can try to mitigate all risk and cover all contingencies, but we cannot account for every possible variable, especially variables that are impossible to predict. Our success is determined by our ability to adapt to the…
On Mitigating Risk
No good argument can be made for taking risk unnecessarily when the same or better outcome can be had by mitigating risk instead. Risk, alone, is of no real value. In fact, unnecessary risk is detrimental to our survival, progress, and success. Proper research, planning, and preparation will guarantee us the outcomes we want far…
Easy Requires Effort
It takes a lot of planning and preparation for things to be easy. There is a lot of effort and hard work that goes into things running smoothly. It does not just happen on its own. We need to plan, prepare, and set up the conditions for things to go well. Things still may not…